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Ray Nagin: It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2006
It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day.
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Ray Nagin

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Mayor Nagin calls for unity and expresses his vision for New Orleans to be a 'chocolate city' again.

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